South Dakota is appropriating $2 million to the Department of Education to fund a nonprofit organization that will build and operate a facility providing therapy and educational services to students in alternative school settings in Brown County. The nonprofit must have experience offering integrated education and mental health services through partnerships with schools, and cannot use the funds for residential care or inpatient treatment. The bill declares an emergency so the funding can take effect immediately.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The amendment fundamentally redirects the bill from funding construction of a juvenile corrections center under the Department of Corrections to providing a $2,000,000 grant through the Department of Education to nonprofits for acquiring and renovating a facility offering non-residential, school-based therapeutic services for students in alternative settings. This shift narrows the scope from a large correctional infrastructure project to funding community-based educational and therapeutic services, with strict limitations preventing the funds from supporting residential or 24-hour care.
This change converted the bill from an engrossed working draft to its final enrolled form for signature, which involved removing legislative markup notation and adding signature blocks and filing information—a purely procedural formatting change with no substantive impact on the bill's $2,000,000 appropriation or requirements.
Signed by the Governor H.J. 580
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 546
Signed by the President S.J. 506
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 529
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4. S.J. 463
Senate Deferred to another day S.J. 443
First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 425
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5. H.J. 458
Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 2. J. 29
Committee on Appropriations Scheduled for hearing J. 1
Committee on Appropriations Scheduled for hearing
Education Referred as Amended to Joint Committee on Appropriations Passed, YEAS 15, NAYS 0.
Education Scheduled for hearing
Education Motion to amend
Education Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House Education H.J. 218
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Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Do Pass Amended
Do Pass Amended
Committee on Appropriations — Do Pass
Education — Referred as Amended to